Vehicle wheel



F.s.LAcK. I

VEHICLE WHEEI..

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2, 191B.

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Patented Aug'. 19, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRED z en of the" UnitedStates, residing at Paducah, inthe county oflMcCracken and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels, of which the fo'lnlgwing isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels, the-primary object of the invention-.being to provide ka generally improved vehicle wheelwhich willy be eXceedmgly simple in construction, cheapy of manufacture, and efficient in'use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a generally improved metallic wheel embodying improved hub and felly members connected by means of an improved Wheeljbody, :comprising a plurality or series) of" spaced disks, and improved means for connecting and mounting fsaid disks at a,the hub and felly portions of the wheel. 4

A still further Objectis the provision of an improved wheel Vnot vonly` possessing great strength, but one whichis particularly designed andadapted ,tol takev up the various circumferential and lateral strains vand stressesv durlng, the varlous exlgencles of' actual service, as well' as one possessing the requisite degree of resiliency and flexibility for taking up the variousshocks'and restorlng and maintaining the parts in'theirnor-` mal osition. y i e l, Wlth the above mentioned 'and otherends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangemenhand combination l of parts, hereinafter descr1bed,.illustrated' in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is aside elevation of a wheel constructed in accordance with my invention.

F'g. 2, a central cross sectional-view of th` same. y ig. 3, an enlarged fra entary sectional view of the-wheel body.gm

Fig. 4, a fragmentary disassembled cross sectional view of the hub and felly portions of the improved wheel, some of. the hub rings and bodyl disks being removed for the purpose of clearer illustration of the parts. Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the gures of the drawings.

Speel(mationk of `Imtters Patint.

S. LACK, a citi-1y the abutting portions 4, of. the disks.

i' '1. Patented Aug. 19,1919.

Application iiledIune 12,. 1918,. y l Serial No. 289,503.

The improved wheel comprises suitable `hub and felly members, 4said hub member preferably comprising a plurality or series o'f hub rings 1, and said wheelffelly c onsisting, in the present instance, of a pair of laterally' spaced felly rings 2, the latter being surrounded by and connectedto a suitable tirel or rim member 3, in anysuitable and convenient manner, as forexamplefby means of suitable fastening ,memberso'r elements 3a, in the present instance, in the specific form of rivets.`

The improved wheel body, proper, comprises a plurality or series of laterally spaced disks 4, in the "present instance 'six in number, interposed between and secured l to the hub rings 1, in any suitable and convenient manner, as for eXample,-b means of suitable fastening members, in t e present instance, in the specific form of screws 4a, passing through suitable openings 1, in

the hub rings, and registering openings 4",

in the wheel disks. The hub rings 1, and

-wheel disks 4, are each provided with a suitable axlepor hub"open1ng conjointly forming a central wheel opening 5, adapted to receive a suitable wheel axle or hub thimble member, as, desired, and as a convenient means of securin the'wheel to the wheel axle orhub thim le, the hubf'rings 1, .and

disks 4, arev 1preferably provided with a pluralit'y of bo receiving openings 6, adapted to receive and contain a plurallty of' fasten ing bolts 7 for securing the axle or thimble member to the Wheel, as illustrated most clearly'in Fig. 3, of the drawings.

The above described arrangement of tho openings in the hub rings and wheel disks` `all surrounding yand bearing against the wheel-axle or hub member greatly strength,.-y

ens the parts and also prevents any shearing action on the fastening members.

'Bhe disks 4, are preferably formed of relatively thin flexible Amaterial and preferably comprise three or more members spaced 1 apart at the hub portion of the wheel and radially converging toward and abutting aga-inst each other at their outer eripheries, as at 4, .the abutting portions 4, ing interposed between the felly rings 2, and suitably secured thereto, in the present instance, b

means of rivet members 8 assing throng suitable openings in the f ly rings 2, and

The fellyrmgs 2, are preferably of angular shape in cross section, as shown, so as to conveniently receive the fastening members 3a, land 8, and it will be apparent that the arrangement 0f the relatively thin spaced radially converging disks, is such, as not only to provide' great strength at the hub By the term series as applied to the metallic .disk 4l and hub rings l, and as set forth in the claims, is meant three or more of such disks or rings and excludes a Wheel having but two of such disks or rings.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operationand advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described one of the. embodiments of my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,- A

l. A Wheel, comprising spaced metallic hub and felly rings, and a series of spaced metallic disks interposed between and secured to said hub and felly rings, said hub rings and disks being each provided with a central opening adaptedto'receive an axle or hub member, and said -disks converging toward said felly rings at uniform angles to each other and abutting aga-inst Teach .other between said felly rings. Y

2. A wheel, comprising metallic hub and felly members, and a series of radially and uniformly converging metallic disks extending between and secured to said hub and felly members, said hulb members and disks being provided with central registering openings and being secured to each other by removable fastening members.

3. A wheel, comprising spaced metallic hub rings, a series'of relatively thin flexible metallic disks interposed bet'ween and secured to said hub rings'and radiallyconverging at uniform angles and abutting against each other at their outer peripheries, said disks having central axle openings registering with the inner peripheries of said hulb rings, a pair of flanged felly rings secured to the outer peripheries of Vsaid disks, and a tire rim member extending about and secured to said flanged felly rings.

4. A wheel, comprising a series of spaced alternately arranged metallichub rings and wheel disks, kfastening members passing through`said hub rings and wheel disks, said wheel disks 'being of relatively thin flexible metallic material and radially converging at uniform angles into abutting relation at their outer peripheries, angle iron felly rings larranged on opposite sides of the abutting portions of said Wheel disks, a central axle member extendin through and abutting against the edges o said hub rings and wheel disks, fastening members extend# ing through sai-d felly rings and said abutting portions of said wheel disks, and a felly ring member surrounding and secured to.

said felly rings.

5. A wheel, comprising spaced hulb rings, a series of relatively thin iexible metallic disks interposed between said hub rings and having central openings registering with the inner periphery of the latter, said disks radially converging uniformly toward and abutting against eachr other at their outer peripheries, an axle member arranged Within said hu'b rings and central openings of said disks, fastening members extending through the latter and said hub rings, and a pair of flanged felly rings extending` on opposite sides Iof the abutting oufter peripheries of said disks.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED S. LACK.

Witnesses:

F. E. LACK, CLARENCE lLn ROY. 

